[ Text of section effective until January 1, 2013. Repealed by 2012, 165, Sec. 10. See 2012, 165, Sec. 137.]

  Section 6A. Each state agency shall also provide two copies of its publication, as defined in section thirty-nine of chapter six to the state secretary, one of which shall be retained for two years as a reference copy. The state secretary shall determine which publications are of sufficient public interest and may then either reproduce the publications in appropriate quantities or acquire the publications in appropriate quantities directly from the issuing agency, at the cost of printing, for distribution by said secretary.